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Overfishing of the seas has become a global issue. Traditionally fish has been a common good like fresh water or air to which everybody had free access, without any restrictions or payments. But as the demand for fish increased in the course of the 20th century, due to growing numbers of people able to afford… » read more

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About: Rhein on Energy and Climate

Eberhard Rhein has devoted most of his life to European and global issues. During the 1980s and 1990s, he served successively as chef de cabinet to the Commission VP in charge of external relations and director responsible for the Mediterrranean and Arab world.

For the past 10 years he has focused more on global environmental issues.

He also gives a course on economic policy at the "Mediterranean Academy for Diplomatic Studies" in Malta. He is the author of many articles on EU, Mediterranean and international subjects